LIVE: TURIN BRAKES – 10/03/2016
Turin Brakes photo by Sarah Starkey – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Cast your mind back to the late 90s/early 00s and you might remember NME informing us that there was a new music scene erupting which they dubbed ‘The New Acoustic Movement’. Catchy, it included the likes of Starsailor, I Am Kloot and Turin Brakes. Since then, all these bands have gone on to have wide success both across the UK and Europe. Turin Brakes comprises of long-term friends and co-founding... Read More
LIVE: RUDIMENTAL – 08/03/2016
Rudimental photo by Lauren Noble – THE APOLLO, MANCHESTER – As the O2 Apollo is filling to bursting point, DJ M.A.X has been tasked with delighting the crowd for about an hour. He’s not what you’d call ‘easy listening’ but he’s definitely got talent. His mixing style and obvious passion for music can’t be faulted. He even sneaks in a Michael Jackson track for his finale, which is such a different take on a classic, it is truly inspiring. DJ M.A.X is someone... Read More
LIVE: FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS – 08/03/2016
Frankie & The Heartstrings – GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER – It’s a Tuesday night in rainy Manchester and I’m ditching the weeknight slippers and mind-numbing “I only eat cheese – Dinnerdate special” TV to venture out into my favourite part of the city – The Northern Quarter. I’m a fairly new listener of Frankie & the Heartstrings, a 5 piece band from Sunderland, but their catchy tune ‘I Will Follow You’ has still managed to find it’s... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: NADA SURF – YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
Nada Surf – You Know Who You Are If trends are thunderbolts, burning out in a flash in a desperate bid to be noticed, Nada Surf is a cloud drifting to its destination, confident of its place and immune from the fluctuating scenes around it. The general consensus among music critics is that playing on proven strengths and retaining your existing fanbase signifies a lack of progression and is a firm negative for creative leaps forward. The flack currently being endured by... Read More
PINS REVEAL DETAILS OF RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE
Manchester five-piece PINS have announced details of a brand new track “Trouble,” released on Record Store Day on 16th April through Bella Union Watch the teaser trailer belowThe limited-edition red 10” vinyl release will also feature “I’ll Get Mine” – another brand new track – along with a remix of “Trouble” by fellow Manchester band Bernard + Edith. “Trouble” was recorded at Strangeway Studios with Martin Hurley... Read More
LOUIS BARABBAS RELEASES VIDEO FOR ‘FAITH IN MYTHS’
Taken from his forthcoming LP Gentle Songs Of Ceasless Horror, which is released on 11th March via Debt Records. Louis Barabbas has shared a video for the fourth track on the album ‘Faith in Myths’ – the video is directed by Paul Wright and shot in Manchester.Louis Barabbas Official | Facebook | Twitter Read More
KIKAGAKU MOYO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS’
Following their split 7” with Moon Duo late last year, Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo have announced details of their forthcoming new album ‘House In The Tall Grass’ for release on May 13th via Guruguru Brain. The album’s atmospheric & elemental first single “Kogarashi” (the Autumn wind) is streaming online now & the band have announced a Spring UK tour. “I came up with the melody and rhythm of Kogarashi, when I was about to fall asleep at the park” explains vocalist... Read More
MARK PRITCHARD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘UNDER THE SUN’
Mark Pritchard is set to release Under The Sun on 13th May via Warp Records – His first solo album in five years. He draws on the sounds and influences genetically coded in his musical DNA; ambient, nu-wave, avant-garde electronics and folk; but reimagines them through an otherworldly filter that cements Under The Sun somewhere in the future, rather than the past. Watch ‘Sad Alron’ below:Tracklist: 1.? 2. Give It Your Choir (feat. Bibio) 3. Infrared 4. Falling 5.... Read More
INTRODUCING: EXPLODED VIEW
Exploded View will be unveiled at SXSW by NY Label, Sacred Bones, fronted by German/Bristol political- journalist-turned-musician/singer Anika who released her self-titled debut album in collaboration with Geoff Barrow’s Invada imprint and Stones Throw to critical acclaim in 2010. This new project was created during the rehearsal sessions for Anika’s Mexican live debut back in March 2014. An unexpected partnership formed between Annika and local producers, Martin... Read More
BETH ORTON STREAMS SONG PRODUCED BY FUCK BUTTONS’ ANDREW HUNG
Having relocated to California a couple of years ago, Beth began experimenting with a series of electronic loops that would eventually come together as her career-redefining new album; a record inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall and Kieran Hebden as well as groove-based music with Red Snapper). Co-produced by Beth and Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons)... Read More
